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Oklahoma Cattle

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Description: Elevated view of several cowboys on horseback on a range. A large number of cattle can be seen nearby. Caption reads: "A Cattle Scene Near Tulsa."
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Branding Cattle on the Prairie

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Description: A group of ranch hands brand cattle. Two cows are being branded in the foreground, and three men are with the cow on the left. Four men are grouped around ...
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Cowboys Eating Dinner on the Prairie

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Description: Four ranch hands sitting and standing on the left. In the background two men walk near horses.
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Chuckwagon and Cook on the Range

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Description: View of a camp with a cook standing at the back end of a chuckwagon with a large bowl in front of him. To the left is a pile of logs, along with some pots....
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew filming a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A camer...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew shooting a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A came...
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
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Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area Inspection

Date: 06 1957
Description: Members of the Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas inspect the Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area. The Board furnished this photograph for the ...
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Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil

Date: 1986
Description: Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ...
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Team of Oxen in Front of Sod Shanty

Date: 1885
Description: Team of oxen in front of a sod shanty on the Dakota plains. Two men stand behind the team on the right. The animals are hitched to a plow.
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Commander Russell and Staff at Dept. Reunion — Camp Logan at Omaha

Date: 09 1887
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper...
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Dandelions at Dusk

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Description: A woman is standing and bending over in a field of dandelions gone to seed under a large tree. The sun is setting in the background.
Map or Atlas

Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
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A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Province of Maryland: With Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina

Date: 1755
Description: Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It shows borders, boundary lines, some Native American land, counties, cities, towns...

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